[1] In addition to the flag, which flew throughout the Cibao region, they were known for having hosted Juan Pablo Duarte in their residence when he visited La Vega at the end of June 1844.
[2] They were the issue of Juan Ramón Villa Jáquez (1781–1843),[b] and his wife María de la Antigua del Orbe Bocanegra.
He held different functions, including ordinary mayor, alderman, royal lieutenant, captain of militias, Acting Commander of Arms in the colonial era and Civil State Officer during the years of Haitian domination.
According to family tradition, he was “a Spanish citizen who was coming to a certain place in America and who on the journey was forced to change course due to the threat of shipwreck.” His wife was María del Carmen Jáquez.
The Villa sisters' maternal grandparents were Joseph del Orbe (d. 1796), “Captain of her Majesty” and Ordinary Mayor of La Vega in 1779, and Josefa Bocanegra.